Thursday, March 29, 2012

Obama's budget, er, narrowly defeated

It only lost by 414 votes.
President Obama's budget was defeated 414-0 in the House late Wednesday, in a vote Republicans arranged to try to embarrass him and shelve his plan for the rest of the year.

The vote came as the House worked its way through its own fiscal year 2013 budget proposal, written by Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan. Republicans wrote an amendment that contained Mr. Obama's budget and offered it on the floor, daring Democrats to back the plan, which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade.

"It’s not a charade. It’s not a gimmick — unless what the president sent us is the same," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a freshman Republican from South Carolina who sponsored Mr. Obama's proposal for purposes of the debate. "I would encourage the Democrats to embrace this landmark Democrat document and support it. Personally, I will be voting against it."

5 comments:

RebeccaH said...

I know it's been said many times before, but I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning.

mojo said...

"Come on, take a BIG bite, I dare ya."

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said...Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz probably headed for their therapist...bottom drawer on the right. The staffers had to lay low. Serves 'em right for working there.

HAHAHA!!!

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said..."$300 million"? That's just an estimate. You know they don't know the number.

Gotta get the t-shirt that Glenn Beck is selling, "I will not comply".

Steve Burri said...

Just 414? I demand a recount!